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Heathrow Airport is the world's busiest international airport. It was voted 'Best Airport in Europe' in 2007, there are more than 90 airlines flying to over 170 international destinations from the hub and in 2009 65.9 million passengers passed through its 5 terminals. It accounts for almost 30% of UK air passenger activity and more than 35% of Heathrow's passengers are business travellers. It is also the world's second busiest airport for cargo, with 55% by volume of all UK air freight. Almost 70,000 people work at the airport.
Below we have collated all of the latest heathrow airport news. Click on any of the links to find out more:
March 2010
18.03.10 BA unions agree pension cuts
18.03.10 BMI to launch Heathrow – Berlin service
17.03.10 BA and union continue war of words
17.03.10 Unite meet US union on BA strike
16.03.10 BA to carry 60% of passengers during strike
16.03.10 Brown says BA strike ‘unjustified and deplorable’
15.03.10 Transport minister calls BA strike ‘totally unjustified’
15.03.10 BA to announce strike affected flights
14.03.10 Walsh will not let union ‘ruin BA’
14.03.10 Emirates to add another A380 on Heathrow – Dubai route
13.03.10 BA strike dates set
13.03.10 Heathrow – Taipei flights announced
12.03.10 Unite to announce strike dates; say £10m between it and BA
12.03.10 Union may ballot BA ground staff
11.03.10 Union to discuss strike dates after BA talks fail
11.03.10 BAA sees first passenger rise in 2 years
11.03.10 EU likely to approve BA / AA alliance after slot deal
10.03.10 BA cabin crew talks deadline extended
10.03.10 Councils want new Heathrow regulator
09.03.10 Union says BA strike ’50:50’
08.03.10 New A380 departure procedure at Heathrow to reduce emissions
08.03.10 SAS add Heathrow – Stockholm flight
07.03.10 Over a tonne of liquid tobacco seized at Heathrow
06.03.10 Unite agree to pay freeze and 'new fleet' to avert BA strike
06.03.10 Contract signed to build new Heathrow terminal
05.03.10 Virgin plan Heathrow – Ghana service
05.03.10 BT lose BAA airports wi-fi contract
04.03.10 1000 cabin crew trained staff and rented planes will help BA operate during strike
04.03.10 BA passenger traffic up 1.1%
04.03.10 BA aim to sign Iberia merger by end of Q1
03.03.10 Woman arrested after trying to enter cockpit on Heathrow flight
02.03.10 Airlines dismiss ‘Boris Island’ airport plan
02.03.10 Walsh urges BA staff to ‘pull together’ to beat strike
01.03.10 Big fall in BA bookings on strike fears
01.03.10 Continental launch mobile boarding passes at Heathrow
February 2010
28.02.10 BA runs ‘ghost flights’ to train strike breaking cabin crew
28.02.10 Flight to Heathrow cancelled after rat spotted in overhead lockers
27.02.10 BA cabin crew back further negotiations
25.02.10 150kg drugs haul at Heathrow
24.02.10 Union will not announce BA strike dates during talks
24.02.10 O’Leary urges BA to take on union
24.02.10 BA in court again – this time over pilot holiday pay
23.02.10 BA hire new marketing chief
22.02.10 BAA boss says Heathrow recovering quicker than European rivals
22.02.10 BA cabin crew vote to strike
21.02.10 3500 to help BA break strike
20.02.10 Suspended sentence for drunk Heathrow pilot
19.02.10 Unite lose BA high court challenge
18.02.10 S&P downgrade BA further
17.02.10 Heathrow runway judicial review next week
17.02.10 Heathrow boutique hotel to reopen after refit
16.02.10 Full body scanners may be unlawful
16.02.10 US turn back BA Mexico bound flight
15.02.10 BA plans UK biofuel plant
14.02.10 US immunity for BA / AA transatlantic alliance
13.02.10 76 year old admits drugs smuggling
12.02.10 BA suspend 15 cabin crew over web comments
12.02.10 Three arrested after 54kg Heathrow cocaine find
11.02.10 BAA passengers down 3.1% on snow
10.02.10 BA offer former cabin crew short term contracts to cover strike
10.02.10 BA passengers down again
10.02.10 Virgin axe Heathrow – Mauritius route
09.02.10 Labour continue to back Heathrow runway
09.02.10 Ice ‘probably’ caused BA Heathrow crash
08.02.10 BA cut Australia flights
08.02.10 Tripadvisor reviews added to BA website
07.02.10 Criminal investigation over Heathrow expansion ‘cover up’
07.02.10 IBM update BMI’s self-service check-in options
06.02.10 Government could be fined over Heathrow pollution levels
05.02.10 Smaller than expected loss at BA on cost cutting
05.02.10 BA and Unite talking again
04.02.10 BA / Iberia merger on track, but no date fixed
04.02.10 Heathrow Airtrack inquiry delayed again
03.02.10 BA crew changes to save £80m
03.02.10 Heathrow immigration blunder
02.02.10 Passengers will not be allowed to fly if they refuse airport body scan
02.02.10 BA / AA concessions on transatlantic partnership
01.02.10 Better flight management could cut aviation emissions by up to 95%
January 2010
31.01.10 BA to face Unite in court this week over ‘forced changes’
30.01.10 BA / AA discuss Heathrow slot concessions for EU deal approval
30.01.10 BA ‘heading for £1bn recession losses’
30.01.10 Continental add New York – Heathrow flights
29.01.10 Heathrow runway pollution plan ‘inadequate’
29.01.10 Conservatives repeat Heathrow runway opposition
27.01.10 Union release video to state their case against BA
27.01.10 £90,000 fine for Heathrow death
26.01.10 Unite say only 216 to train as emergency cabin crew at BA
26.01.10 New body scanner trials to begin at Heathrow next month
26.01.10 A quarter of Sipson residents sell homes to BAA
25.01.10 BA begins training strike breakers
25.01.10 Union launch BA strike vote
24.01.10 TUC attempts to rescue BA cabin crew talks
24.01.10 Two stopped at Heathrow over terror concerns
23.01.10 EU and US agree to boost airport security
23.01.10 Union urges ground staff not to help BA break strike
23.01.10 Striking BA crew face loss of perks
22.01.10 Conservative group backs Heathrow expansion
22.01.10 Air France discriminates against fat passengers
21.01.10 BA won’t face Easter strike
21.01.10 Iberia / BA deal next month?
21.01.10 BMI to launch Heathrow – Vienna flights
20.01.10 Ministers admit third Heathrow runway will mean more short haul flights
20.01.10 Consultation on Heathrow runway ‘within a year’
20.01.10 BMI axe business class on domestic routes
19.01.10 BA to train baggage handlers and check-in staff as strike busting crew
19.01.10 BA cabin crew ballot dates announced
19.01.10 Ethiopian air stewardess jailed for drug smuggling
18.01.10 US flights cut despite ‘open skies’
18.01.10 Watchdog warns on body scanners privacy risk
18.01.10 Sofitel Heathrow ‘best airport hotel in the world’
17.01.10 Gulf Air to cut Heathrow flights
17.01.10 Heathrow hotel receives environment award
16.01.10 Swiss Heathrow – Geneva flights take off
15.01.10 Heathrow staff given ‘behavioural profiling’ training
15.01.10 Passengers support full body scanners
13.01.10 BMI cut Heathrow – Dublin flights and staff
13.01.10 BA and AA push for antitrust approval
13.01.10 BA offers JAL Heathrow slots to stick with oneworld
12.01.10 BA responds to US Justice concerns over AA deal
12.01.10 BA start first class upgrade
11.01.10 BAA passengers down 0.9% in December; 4.2% in 2009
10.01.10 Unite announce new BA cabin crew ballot
10.01.10 Two charged over Emirates Heathrow arrests
09.01.10 Three arrested on Heathrow – Dubai flight
08.01.10 EU divided on full body scanners
07.01.10 BA to hold fresh cabin crew talks
07.01.10 BA passengers down 4%
06.01.10 US pilot admits Heathrow drink charges
04.01.10 BAA to introduce body scanners at Heathrow
03.01.10 Brown confirms full body scanners
03.01.10 New full body scanners ‘don’t work’
03.01.10 Express breaks airport security
02.01.10 IATA boss says passenger profiling needed as well as scanners
02.01.10 Heathrow launch gift list website
01.01.10 Gordon Brown orders urgent airport security review
01.01.10 BA and Iberia ‘edge closer to mid-February merger’
December 2009
31.12.09 BA renew Amadeus contract
30.12.09 Airports under pressure to introduce ‘naked’ scanners
30.12.09 BA to axe first class
29.12.09 No problems for Heathrow US bound passengers
27.12.09 Long airport delays caused by heightened security after fresh terror attack
26.12.09 Unite working on fresh BA strike ballot
25.12.09 OpenSkies switch from JFK to Newark
24.12.09 Air Canada to relaunch St Johns – Heathrow flights
22.12.09 US Justice Department wants BA / AA to give up Heathrow slots
22.12.09 Qantas to operate Heathrow – Sydney route with A380
21.12.09 BAA wins break-up appeal
20.12.09 Heathrow passengers left with no bags in overtime row
20.12.09 Segro favourite to buy Heathrow properties stake
19.12.09 Snow and ice hit Heathrow flights
18.12.09 BA strike off after court ruling
18.12.09 BAA profits up 16.8%
16.12.09 Union bosses slam BA ‘macho management’
15.12.09 BA legal bid to block strike
15.12.09 Virgin and easyJet seek to profit from BA strike
14.12.09 BA cabin crew to strike; pension deficit £3.7bn
13.12.09 Omar Air upgrade Heathrow – Muscat service
12.12.09 BA appoint Iberia COO to board
12.12.09 BA website down for 6 hours
12.12.09 BA to keep OpenSkies
10.12.09 BMI boss confirms Heathrow slot sales
10.12.09 BAA passengers up 0.8%
10.12.09 Loophole could see Heathrow runway approved without inquiry
10.12.09 Three more convicted over transatlantic liquid bomb plot
08.12.09 Airlines and Conservatives row over Heathrow third runway
07.12.09 MPs back Heathrow third runway
05.12.09 Continental Heathrow – Cleveland flights not coming back
03.12.09 BA passengers down 4.3%
02.12.09 Campaigners slam Government over Heathrow runway support
02.12.09 Paddington check-in for Heathrow Express passengers
01.12.09 eboarders rollout at Heathrow
November 2009
30.11.09 JAL passengers can use BA Heathrow lounges
30.11.09 Heathrow T5 has world’s largest mistletoe
28.11.09 Emirates plan ‘means no need for Heathrow third runway
28.11.09 BA plan biofuels tests
27.11.09 BAA signs with Lufthansa for loyalty-programme partnership
26.11.09 BA add summer Grenada flights
25.11.09 BMI axe 5 routes and 600 jobs
25.11.09 BA to return to Zimbabwe?
23.11.09 Heathrow Terminal 2 closes today
23.11.09 BA’s Walsh refuses to compromise on staff cuts despite strike vote
22.11.09 BA still interested in Qantas tie up
22.11.09 New Nigeria link for Heathrow
22.11.09 BA may move Concorde from Heathrow
20.11.09 BA Heathrow crash survivors sue Boeing for $1m each
18.11.09 BA increase Heathrow – Shanghai flights
18.11.09 Heathrow runway application could take 4 years
18.11.09 Big cut in transatlantic flights
17.11.09 Man removed from US Airways Heathrow bound plane
17.11.09 Terror alert arrest at Heathrow hotel
17.11.09 Aeroflot moves terminals at Heathrow
16.11.09 BA hope for pensions deal by Christmas
16.11.09 Heathrow hotel adds overnight parking charge
15.11.09 Union wants staff guarantees from BA on Iberia merger
14.11.09 BAA announce £500m investment in Heathrow and Stansted
14.11.09 Walsh: Heathrow full; wants more slots
13.11.09 BA / Iberia merger agreement
13.11.09 Smugglers try to bring fake antique in to UK
13.11.09 BAA construction director to leave
12.11.09 BA / Iberia merger ‘agreement near’
12.11.09 ‘Little or no interest’ in BMI’s Heathrow slots
12.11.09 BMI report £155m loss
12.11.09 S&P positive on BAA debt
11.11.09 BAA passengers down 1.4%; Heathrow up 1%, Gatwick 1.8%
11.11.09 BA debt could be downgraded on larger loss fears
11.11.09 Heathrow Express Wi-Fi service now free
10.11.09 BMI in advanced talks to sell Heathrow slots
10.11.09 BA cargo revenue down almost a third
10.11.09 ‘Drunk’ Heathrow pilot arrested
09.11.09 BA plays down Christmas strike threat
09.11.09 BA & BMI fight lost luggage compensation rise
09.11.09 Mouse grounds Heathrow bound plane
08.11.09 BA receive strike vote notice
08.11.09 Delay for Heathrow Airtrack inquiry
07.11.09 BA still interested in BMI
07.11.09 Flying for business down 15%
06.11.09 BA reports £292m loss
06.11.09 Union legal challenge to BA changes fails
06.11.09 BA passenger traffic down 1.9%
05.11.09 Iberia hire JP Morgan to help close BA merger
03.11.09 BMI and Continental announce code share
02.11.09 Lufthansa ‘pulls BMI sale’
02.11.09 BA receive union legal challenge
02.11.09 Mass meeting for BA cabin crew today
01.11.09 BA to report record interim loss
01.11.09 Six faint on BA Heathrow flight
October 2009
31.10.09 Union launches High Court challenge to BA’s cabin crew changes
31.10.09 BA expects answers on American alliance and Iberia merger next month
31.10.09 BA to pay Canadian price fixing fine
30.10.09 MP backs Heathrow runway to support regional flights
30.10.09 Lufthansa expect continued BMI losses
29.10.09 BAA still pushing ahead with Heathrow runway plans
29.10.09 BA want to axe cabin crew bonuses
28.10.09 BMI may let alliance partners use Heathrow slots to launch long haul flights
28.10.09 BA to meet unions today
28.10.09 Heathrow giant poppy man
27.10.09 BA to go ahead with changes despite strike threat
27.10.09 BA: no need to give up Heathrow slots
26.10.09 BA / AA may have to give up Heathrow slots to seal alliance
26.10.09 BA shares fall on broker sell recommendation
25.10.09 BA / AA transatlantic deal ‘to get the go-ahead’
25.10.09 Mass meeting for BA cabin crew
24.10.09 BA cabin crew union could take legal action rather than strike
24.10.09 Unite urge EU to allow BA / AA transatlantic cooperation
23.10.09 Regional body gives up on Heathrow slots chase
23.10.09 Final oneworld Heathrow moves next week
22.10.09 Heathrow ‘worst airport in the world’
22.10.09 New baggage system for Heathrow T3
21.10.09 BAA offers to buy Heathrow runway homes
21.10.09 Mouse halts Heathrow flight
20.10.09 Walsh: meeting with cabin crew union bosses ‘open and frank’
20.10.09 Switch in Heathrow take-offs 'will cause more aircraft noise'
19.10.09 Business passengers switch from Heathrow to Luton and Stansted
19.10.09 BA’s Walsh defends aviation’s environmental credentials
18.10.09 BAA prepare to launch airport sale challenge
18.10.09 Jet switch Heathrow terminals
17.10.09 BMI seal Greek airline codeshare
16.10.09 Union warns BA strike looks ‘inevitable’
16.10.09 BA / AA alliance ‘won’t cost Heathrow slots’
15.10.09 BA boss warns of ‘transatlantic duopoly’
14.10.09 Walsh expects UK market recovery ‘mid-2010’
14.10.09 BA / Union talks start today
13.10.09 BAA deny Heathrow runway backdown
13.10.09 BAA welcomes ‘airport regulation backtrack’
12.10.09 Ryanair ‘sees Aer Lingus as way to BMI’
11.10.09 BAA ‘to give up on Heathrow third runway’
11.10.09 BA to impose new working conditions
10.10.09 American pilots oppose BA antitrust immunity bid
10.10.09 Virgin launch agent website
09.10.09 BAA passengers down 2.6%
09.10.09 UK to oppose EU plans to relax airport liquids ban
09.10.09 Wolfgang Prock-Schauer new CEO of bmi
08.10.09 Unite threaten strike action at BA
08.10.09 Conservatives to include axing Heathrow expansion in manifesto
08.10.09 Council says Heathrow noise plan breaks EU rules
07.10.09 BA bypass union to cut 1700 jobs
07.10.09 Heathrow hotel named world’s best
06.10.09 £50 to jump immigration queue
06.10.09 Walsh: Scotland needs Heathrow third runway
06.10.09 BA Passengers down 0.8%
05.10.09 Pilots in flying hours protest
05.10.09 Virgin sign new Amadeus deal
04.10.09 Transatlantic flights hit by air traffic control problem
04.10.09 Virgin Atlantic coolest travel brand
03.10.09 BA to address EU concerns on American joint venture
03.10.09 Heathrow Airtrack could close level crossings for 39 minutes every hour
03.10.09 BA / Iberia merger may force Vueling bid
03.10.09 BA has best ever September flight punctuality
02.10.09 EU regulators raise BA / AA venture objections
02.10.09 Lack of Heathrow third runway ‘costs UK £1bn a year’
02.10.09 Lufthansa takes control of BMI
01.10.09 Walsh confirms BMI interest, says BA no longer in ‘fight for survival’
01.10.09 Emergency landing for BA Heathrow bound flight
01.10.09 Etihad switches Heathrow terminals
September 2009
30.09.09 BA will cut short haul flights if Heathrow runway blocked
30.09.09 Heathrow T2 demolition starts
30.09.09 BA ‘expect clarity on Iberia merger next month’
30.09.09 Flybe confirm BMI interest
29.09.09 Unite slam BA seat reservation fees
29.09.09 Expert says BA needs to cut short haul routes
28.09.09 Lufthansa seeks deal on SAS BMI stake
27.09.09 Flybe ‘enters race to buy BMI’
27.09.09 BA confirms JAL talks
26.09.09 Heathrow book to be launched next week
25.09.09 BA introduce seat choice charges
24.09.09 Link between plane toxins and pilot brain damage
24.09.09 Hacan reveals London’s most overflown boroughs
24.09.09 BA cut staff food subsidies
24.09.09 Award for Heathrow Airport duty free
23.09.09 New Chesham – Heathrow bus
23.09.09 Virgin launch online visa service
22.09.09 Airlines emissions cut pledge
22.09.09 BA steward accused of fondling male passenger
22.09.09 Company fined over Heathrow worker accident
22.09.09 BAA appoints new Heathrow retail boss
21.09.09 EU to lift liquid ban from 2012
21.09.09 Government wants cleaner, greener aviation
20.09.09 EU to rule on BA / AA alliance
20.09.09 BA long service award axed
19.09.09 Campaigners concerned Heathrow will introduce ‘mixed mode by stealth’
19.09.09 Drugs worth £25m seized at Heathrow
18.09.09 Government to push for next phase of open skies
18.09.09 BA part of consortium working on JAL rescue
18.09.09 IATA sees signs of premium class recovery
18.09.09 BMI and Brussels Airlines extend codeshare
17.09.09 BA cabin crew union slam ‘devious plans’ and ‘unscrupulous management’
16.09.09 140 BA cabin crew take voluntary redundancy
16.09.09 AUC wants 24 hour cooling off period for online flight sales
16.09.09 BMI cut Belfast – Heathrow flights
16.09.09 BMI cut Heathrow – Tel Aviv flights
15.09.09 BA / Iberia talks ‘pick up pace’
15.09.09 Long life sentences for liquid bomb plot trio
15.09.09 BA train cabin crew with virtual tool
14.09.09 BA / Iberia merger expected to go ahead despite pension issue
14.09.09 Heathrow Airport boss returns to London Underground
12.09.09 Surrey Council to object to Heathrow Airtrack scheme
11.09.09 Virgin cuts baggage limits
11.09.09 Heathrow punctuality improves
10.09.09 BAA passengers down 3.1%; Heathrow up 0.3%
10.09.09 Twelve groups interested in BMI
09.09.09 Flight cost ‘must rise to stop people travelling’
08.09.09 Union seeks clarification on BMI’s future
08.09.09 As plotters found guilty, new scanners could ease liquid restrictions
08.09.09 BMI axe two Heathrow routes
08.09.09 Heathrow cocaine smuggler in court
06.09.09 BA ‘in talks to buy BMI’
06.09.09 Empty planes flown from US for cleaning
05.09.09 Horse-drawn Heathrow protest
05.09.09 British airlines dominate Conde Nast awards
04.09.09 BA passengers down 0.7%
04.09.09 BA not expecting slot use waiver this winter
02.09.09 Etihad to open Heathrow lounge
01.09.09 New first class suite for Etihad Heathrow flights
August 2009
31.08.09 Heathrow flight delayed 10 hours – by blocked toilets
31.08.09 Heathrow crash pilot leaves BA
30.08.09 Lufthansa axe two BMI directors
30.08.09 BA talks with unions to continue this week
26.08.09 Heathrow noise claims ad was misleading
26.08.09 Delta introduce flatbed seats to Heathrow routes
25.08.09 BA celebrate 90th anniversary of first international flight
25.08.09 Air Canada offer online check-in at Heathrow
24.08.09 Virgin interested in BMI tie up
24.08.09 BA to move Bangkok, Singapore and Sydney flights to Heathrow T3
23.08.09 Lufthansa ‘to sell BMI’
21.08.09 Writer spends a week at Heathrow T5
20.08.09 Gordon Brown picks Virgin over BA
19.08.09 Heathrow gets unique ‘virtual control tower’
17.08.09 BA ‘could still go bust’
15.08.09 Virgin considers closer ties with Lufthansa
15.08.09 BA allows advertising on website and boarding passes
15.08.09 Drunk US pilot tells court UK beer ‘too strong’
14.08.09 Iberia ‘should seek alternative to BA merger’
13.08.09 Heathrow car park driverless pods unveiled
12.08.09 BA warns investors over potential strike
12.08.09 Aegean announce winter Heathrow – Athens flights
11.08.09 Heathrow has third busiest month ever
11.08.09 BA increase fares
10.08.09 BAA passengers down 2.4%
10.08.09 BA and Virgin exchange words on AA tie up
10.08.09 Images of new Heathrow terminal released
09.08.09 Branson to take BA – AA link up fight to US Congress
09.08.09 BA Heathrow flight emergency
08.08.09 Public hearing in to Heathrow expansion
08.08.09 Man strips naked in Heathrow x-ray protest
06.08.09 BA report better passenger numbers
06.08.09 BA cut baggage allowance
06.08.09 BT / BA airport lounge Wi-Fi deal
05.08.09 Airlines dismiss Government plan to replace short flights with trains
05.08.09 Heathrow pier shortage hits passengers
05.08.09 Heathrow crash pilot to quit BA
03.08.09 BAA to reward staff for eating at Heathrow
02.08.09 BA ‘hopeful’ on cabin crew pay deal
02.08.09 Heathrow Airport noise study ‘illogical’
02.08.09 BA plane evacuated in Spain
01.08.09 Lufthansa ‘looking to sell BMI’
01.08.09 Etihad to switch Heathrow terminals
01.08.09 BA to cut baggage allowance
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